EDIT: this is a self reminder for next week's me when using this as a reference to make a swimming section or smt lmao or use misc for that
hihi we are back for "week 10" of this blog and of course we're now like in school. and like tbh it hasn't dawned on me that i am a senior now just yet. like each moment i spend here is a countdown to the final days. on that note, i wonder why graduation is so late this year LOL
anyways, so i think i am really going to try to restore this blog to its former pacing of once a week, but if not i will definitely try to make sure that at least once every two weeks i post. it's probably good for me that im writing these either way, so hopefully i dont just abandon it.
umm yeah overall i guess important events happened since last blog post, including but not limited to the gp of portland itself, the football intl break, and more. tomorrow's also going to be the first scibowl tourny of the season so stay tuned for my disasterclass :P
without further ado we move onto what is certainly going to be the largest bulk of my time in the next 2 months
1-college applications
so since school started i got to actually interact with more than 4 people here about collegeapps. kinda interesting to load up my brain with names thrown around, info about these colleges, and who's doing what at what pace. honestly it's just such a whirlwind of information that i kind of just passively absorb, and that i try to put to the back of my mind. in reality i'm pacing myself terribly and really should be doing more; my inner organisation-freak is telling me to keep everything 100% (or at least 98%) organised before i start jumping in but really that was the death of my physics olympiad studying so idk why im still keeping this work habit that's probably not going to do any good until i get better self control/motivation
anyways after a discussion with calvert and my parents i think some changes (albeit minor, as previously indicated) will inevitably be made to my list, and these will mostly be additions. the only school im really kinda iffy about rn is UMich, which is probably more expensive than the UCs and probably only has a CE as good as ucla or something. idk. im just kinda hesitant about going there (location wise)
otherwise, idk :) currently the earliest deadlines are for the texan schools--ut austin and tamu. wish me luck :)
the november 1 deadlines come thick and fast. and there are quite a few of them. kinda apprehensive.
2-competitive stem olympiads
ive been reading atkins during the worktime i get in lockett these days. it hasnt been the most productive mostly bc an unnamed person keeps saying "WE CAN GO DEMURE FOR DEMURE" and i keep automatically respond "WE CAN GO CUTE FOR CUTE" but this is probably half my fault skull.
otherwise, phods qotd's september season has returned and ive been doing it on and off. defo not as much as in april tho bc i dont got that time anymore, but ive been encouraging many others to do the same and its really nice seeing how well aryan can tackle math-based problems. currently i sit in 29th out of idk how many but if i stay top 30 (ie. don't drop out of the leaderboard) i'll be very happy haha notably haven't touched a phys textbook for studying for over 5 months
3-f1
hmm so dutch gp dominated by norris i think and it was like a pierre masterclass RIGHT YEAH I REMEMBER NOW i was so happy the entire time cause bro was makin MOVES :starstruck:
anyways then uhh well obv monza was a disaster for alpine as usual
and uhhh i got monza spoiled to me in the chat bc i think i forgor to wake up in time
but yeah uhh man norris needs to clutch up so does perez bc nobody wants to see them struggle :(
colapinto might be the real deal bro
and uhh im short on time here but bearman is goated at baku it appears (recurring theme in ferrari juniors ?!?!)
also guys how does a team exceed fuel flow regulations breh thats js plain stupid praying for an alpine comeback and a perez win breh please
also im like missing so many sporting events tmrw :Sob: hopefully i can watch some of the north london derby ,,,
4-other sports
WEEEEE THE #83 FINALLY WON SOMETHING LETS GOGOGOGOO
first chinese driver to win in wec :) or any top flight fia-sanctioned series :)
tbh the #83 wins every race on beauty but yk having an on-track W is cool too :joy:
uhh in terms of indycar milwaukee was crazy bc it literally felt like a wec race in that everyone was lapping everyone else and it was just a random jumble of cars here and there which made it very confusing but also quite entertaining tbf. best oval imo
so chip ganassi actually are like crap at ovals :( kinda sad but also surely will be very entertaining :)
i need to stay off instagram tomorrow to actually not have ANYTHING spoiled to me LOLL im sure all the races will be carnage and extremely crazy (cough cough i slept through 2021 russia and 2022 spain and more that i cant recall directly)
5-gaming
i quit asphalt bc its too p2w and also i had no disk space left on my phone after returning from portland skull
oh shit i need to commit on warzone LMFAO gotta do that right after this but i did get botted outta like 10 games midweek bc i was so occupied rip
oh in terms of fm we ended up absolutely throwing and falling as far as 13th before we regained momentum and climbed back up to 5th. unfortunately though this was not enough to win the playoffs :(
blackpool are just too good and i foresee them being strong title contenders alongside the relegated sides, notably mk dons probably
cup competition summary:
trolled carabao cup against qpr first round
beat southampton en route to the fa cup semifinals which we lost 2-3 to watford who eventually won
beat northampton en route to the efl trophy final which we lose 0-3 to chelsea u21 SKULL
anyways i don't think we've won a single game that we've played at wembley which is very worrying tbh skull
however more content regarding fm will have to wait as i have finally resolved to abstain from the game, provisionally for a month. in-game it is currently late june 2028, a good resting place as AFCON qualis will start in summer and so will other things. so yeah, great place to stop, and also great time for me to stop and lock in (particularly on item 1)
played brawl a bit in school during internship periods
im now kinda loaded on belgian/dutch geography due to travle lmao
6-school stuffs
what can i say
i mean like i need to start writing these earlier bc its been at least 30 mins since i started and im like rn js tryna rush through this ODFQHETIVHWYRUGOUIJ
umm this includes clubs right, so ig updates on that
nobody, i mean NOBODY wants to advise chem club its kinda tragic
also, ritchie is my goat bc she is now the sciclub advisor. actually being so responsible and willing to stay after school is so coool. i really hope this helps us this year ajsfouqeguqheg
classes have been fine. ill def do a more in depth review next week. kessler's frickin intro ppt got even more cringe though rip. i like the class content tho
7-scibowl
well lets see what tomorrow heralds. because im pretty damn washed rn :skull:
i js wanna like be in DE3 (top 8) but if not i'd be happy with DE2 (top 12)
8-scioly
nothing much yet but i do wanna do some builds this yr like fr
helping cindy design the per circuits actually made me realise how disconnected i am from my vision of career path: actually terrible and needing experience
9-music n stuff
ive started like listening to piano on my drives to and from school bc it makes me so much more calmer and esp in the morning its so nice
uhhh someone asked me for my take on taylor's vmas but idk rly that much. im js disappointed she didnt announce anything, but it is 911 so like understandable :skull:
isn't it like kinda fan voted? idk. i think uhh espresso prob deserves song of summer tbh
10- misc
well im tryna rush this so no misc this time.
or not
idk
comment on weather: its getting darker earlier and def more rainy
i dislike fall but red is a fall album so its not that bad rly asjfuiqehgjqrefqor
sorry if this post felt more ingenuine/rushed than before (these two probably compliment each other) bc this is true. anyways byebye i will rest for aves :)
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